April 1(Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The Times

- The Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group has sold a 10 per cent stake in its business for 543 million pounds ($748.20 million) to allow it to absorb the impact of the pandemic. https://bit.ly/3cCdrCK

- Mastercard is among five card payment companies facing a total fine of more than 30 million pounds for operating a cartel. https://bit.ly/3weXhan

The Guardian

-The boss of gambling website Bet365, Denise Coates, was paid nearly half a billion pounds in salary and dividends last year, as the latest in a string of record-breaking awards took her total pay since 2016 to nearly 1.3 billion pounds. https://bit.ly/3ucrzIO

- UK's Labour party has renewed calls for the Cabinet Office to investigate David Cameron's connections with Greensill Capital and how the collapsed finance firm's Australian founder was welcomed into the heart of government. https://bit.ly/39xCcht

The Telegraph

- Sanjeev Gupta's sprawling steel empire is on the brink after creditors sought a court application to wind up one of his businesses. https://bit.ly/3dlZUOU

- Diana, Princess of Wales, will be honoured with a Blue Plaque at the flat she called home before her marriage to the Prince of Wales, becoming the first British royal to be commemorated by the scheme. https://bit.ly/31BbccB

Sky News

- Deliveroo shares on Wednesday slumped as much as 30% as the takeaway delivery company made its highly-anticipated stock market debut. https://bit.ly/31EtzNX

- Volkswagen on Wednesday apologised for "any confusion" as it admitted that an electric car PR stunt on March 30 was an attempt at an April Fool's joke. https://bit.ly/31E5UNs

($1 = 0.7257 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)